About how to comply with GDPR, when using Admob Unity 7.4.1, mediation and UMP
YusukeAmano
[Assumptions]
When all are "rejected" by UMP, no ads will be displayed and measurement will stop, including all Admob and Mediation SDKs.
[Actual]
If all are "rejected" by UMP, Admob will stop all ads.
However, from the logs, it appears that ironSource starts measuring users upon initialization.
[Questions]
1. will installing the Admob Unity plugin 8.3.0 definitely fix this problem?
2. Is there any way to stop this according to the UMP results in Admob Unity plugin 7.4.1?
3. The document states two things, which is correct in version 7.4.1?
1. "When seeking consent, you must identify each ad network in your mediation chain that may collect, receive, or use personal data and provide information Google currently is unable to pass the user's consent choice to such networks automatically."
2. "Add ironSource to GDPR ad partners listFollow the steps in GDPR settings to add ironSource Mobile to the GDPR ad partners list in the AdMob UI."
Document URL:https://developers.google.com/admob/unity/mediation/ironsource#eu_consent_and_gdpr
Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor
Hi,
Thank you for reaching out to us.
With regard to your concern, can you further elaborate what do you mean by "rejected by UMP"? Are you referring to when the user doesn't accept the consent? Then to your questions, let us provide our insight below:
1. will installing the Admob Unity plugin 8.3.0 definitely fix this problem?
- We can't confirm if it will definitely fix your concern, however, we always recommend to use the latest version (https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-unity/releases/tag/v8.3.0 ) to avoid any errors as the latest version also some fixed that been updated.
2. Is there any way to stop this according to the UMP results in Admob Unity plugin 7.4.1?
- Can you further elaborate what you want to stop, before we can provide precise guidance about it?
3. The document states two things, which is correct in version 7.4.1?
1. "When seeking consent, you must identify each ad network in your mediation chain that may collect, receive, or use personal data and provide information Google currently is unable to pass the user's consent choice to such networks automatically."
2. "Add ironSource to GDPR ad partners listFollow the steps in GDPR settings to add ironSource Mobile to the GDPR ad partners list in the AdMob UI."
- With regard to your question on this, these are both correct either you’re using version any version of the unity SDK as these are the guidance for implementing ironsource network
Thanks,
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Mobile Ads SDK Team |
Yusuke Amano
Thank you for your response, and sorry for the confusing writing.
"the user doesn't accept the consent" is true.
> 2. Is there any way to stop this according to the UMP results in Admob Unity plugin 7.4.1?
>> Can you further elaborate what you want to stop, before we can provide precise guidance about it?
So I believe that ironSource's analytics have not stopped.
App logs ---------------
=============== USRVInitializeStateConfig =============
2023-06-09 16:53:23.801702+0900 4Dev[718:19961] [ironSource SDK] API: IronSource: setting mediation type to AdMob310SDKv1060
=============== USRVInitializeStateConfig TSI FLOW/ USING LOADER =============
2023-06-09 16:53:23.960770+0900 4Dev[718:19961] [ironSource SDK] INTERNAL: The Mediation SDK has changed its state to SDK_INIT_IN_PROGRESS
2023-06-09 16:53:23.964678+0900 4Dev[718:19961] [ironSource SDK] API: userId is not valid, using IDFV {IDFV here}
2023-06-09 16:53:23.982848+0900 4Dev[718:19817] [ironSource SDK] INTERNAL: Mediation loaded (version: 7.2.7)
2023-06-09 16:53:23.982990+0900 4Dev[718:19817] [ironSource SDK] INTERNAL: getting providers from server for App ID: {appId here}
2023-06-09 16:53:23.983099+0900 4Dev[718:20008] [ironSource SDK] EVENT: {
connectionType = wifi;
eventId = 14;
eventSessionId = "{session id here}";
ext1 = "appLanguage=Swift";
firstSessionTimestamp = 1686295813643;
interstitial = true;
isDemandOnly = 1;
provider = Mediation;
sessionDepth = 2;
timestamp = 1686297203982;
}
2023-06-09 16:53:24.023573+0900 4Dev[718:19961] [ironSource SDK] EVENT: {
connectionType = wifi;
eventId = 14;
eventSessionId = "{session id here}";
ext1 = "appLanguage=Swift";
firstSessionTimestamp = 1686295813643;
isDemandOnly = 1;
provider = Mediation;
rewardedVideo = true;
sessionDepth = 1;
timestamp = 1686297203982;
}
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> 3. The document states two things, which is correct in version 7.4.1?
>
> 1. "When seeking consent, you must identify each ad network in your mediation chain that may collect, receive, or use personal data and provide information Google currently is unable to pass the user's consent choice to such networks automatically."
>
> 2. "Add ironSource to GDPR ad partners listFollow the steps in GDPR settings to add ironSource Mobile to the GDPR ad partners list in the AdMob UI."
>
> With regard to your question on this, these are both correct either you’re using version any version of the unity SDK as these are the guidance for implementing ironsource network
For mediated ads that Admob delivers via waterfall with the ad company's SDK installed in the app, do we have to create our own UI, get consent from the user, and pass it to each company's SDK?
Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor
Hi Yusuke,
Thank you for your response.
With regard to your concern for the ironSource, it seems that this logs are from the ironSource plugin itself as it has the indication of "[ironSource SDK]" which is not controlled by the Mobile Ads SDK itself. Can you confirm if this affects your app for using the mediation network? If yes, kindly provide us your project file and steps to replicate for us to further investigate. In addition to that, we always recommend to use the latest Unity plugin (https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-unity/releases/tag/v8.3.0) to avoid any errors for your implementation.
Then, with regard to non-personalized ads, if you don't consent to the UMP, then the ads will be served as non-personalized ads. As per this article (https://support.google.com/admob/answer/9760862?hl=en&sjid=2418371235660772237-AP) under the ad serving behavior, if consent is missing for Google for Purpose 1 in the TC string, Google will drop the ad request and no ads will be served. For non-personalized ads, consent for cookies or mobile identifiers is still required because non-personalized ads still use cookies or mobile identifiers to combat fraud and abuse, for frequency capping, and for aggregated ad reporting.
In addition to that, you can create your own consent dialog that displays a message on your sites or apps asking your users in the EEA and the UK for consent. Just kindly make sure that you comply with the EU user consent policy (https://support.google.com/admob/answer/7666519?hl=en&sjid=958286124600267954-AP). For mediation consent, just kindly follow the guide on the following networks (https://developers.google.com/admob/unity/choose-networks) that you're using.
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